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Dear Qubes Community,
It is our pleasure to announce that the NitroPad X230 [01] has become
the second Qubes-certified Laptop [02] for Qubes 4.0! This makes
Nitrokey [03] the first vendor in Europe to have a product pass Qubes
hardware certification.
## What is Qubes Certified Hardware?
Qubes Certified Hardware [04] is hardware that has been certified by the
Qubes developers as compatible with Qubes OS. Beginning with Qubes 4.0,
in order to achieve certification, the hardware must satisfy a rigorous
set of requirements [05], and the vendor must commit to offering
customers the very same configuration (same motherboard, same screen,
same BIOS version, same Wi-Fi module, etc.) for at least one year.
Qubes-certified Laptops [02], in particular, are regularly tested
by the Qubes developers to ensure compatibility with all of Qubes'
features. The developers test all new major versions and updates to
ensure that no regressions are introduced.
It is important to note, however, that Qubes Hardware Certification
certifies only that a particular hardware *configuration* is *supported*
by Qubes. The Qubes OS Project takes no responsibility for any
manufacturing or shipping processes, nor can we control whether physical
hardware is modified (whether maliciously or otherwise) *en route* to
the user. (However, see below for information about how the Insurgo team
mitigates this risk.)
## About the NitroPad X230
The NitroPad X230 [01] offers users unprecedented control over the
security of their hardware. Key features include:
- Tamper detection through measured boot with Coreboot [06],
Heads [07], and Nitrokey USB hardware, including support for
Anti Evil Maid (AEM) [08]
- Deactivated Intel Management Engine [09]
- User-replaceable cryptogrpahic keys
- Included Nitrokey USB key
- Professional ThinkPad hardware based on the ThinkPad X230 [10]
- Security-conscious shipping to mitigate against third-party
interdiction [11]
For further details, please see the original NitroPad announcement. [12]
## How to get one
Please see the NitroPad X230 [01] on the Nitrokey website [03] for
more information.
[01] https://shop.nitrokey.com/shop/product/nitropad-x230-67
[02] https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/certified-hardware/#qubes-certified-laptops
[03] https://www.nitrokey.com/
[04] https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/certified-hardware/
[05]
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/certified-hardware/#hardware-certification-requirements
[06] https://www.coreboot.org/
[07] https://github.com/osresearch/heads/
[08] https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/anti-evil-maid/
[09] https://libreboot.org/faq.html#intelme
[10] https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:X230
[11] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdiction
[12]
https://www.nitrokey.com/news/2020/nitropad-secure-laptop-unique-tamper-detection
This announcement is also available on the Qubes website:
https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2020/03/04/nitropad-x230-qubes-certification/
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Andrew David Wong (Axon)
Community Manager, Qubes OS
https://www.qubes-os.org
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